---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires the department of education to develop a state plan for computer science in grades K-12. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires the department of education to develop a state plan for computer science in grades K-12. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1151"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1151 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Curriculum"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akbari", "White"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5a83d31-294a-4fff-83e6-10188836f2b7"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1151&GA=111"
source_hash: "bedc49ae13cf6e84f1818cc1af05840798845b541b78a15c546c0a5af98e04ab"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee SB 1151 (111) — Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires the department of education to develop a state plan for computer science in grades K-12. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0401** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0401.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0292** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0292.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0387** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0387.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1151.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/17/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Education Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/10/2019 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CURRICULUM, TESTING, & INNOVATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 4/2/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/17/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/16/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Akbari — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Education for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-10** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Education Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Education for 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-10** Action def. in Education to 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0401) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0292)
- **2019-04-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0387)
- **2019-04-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-15** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 454
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 454
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/22/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5a83d31-294a-4fff-83e6-10188836f2b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).